United pilots said they recognize that a low-cost unit within United is important for the airline''s recovery strategy. But they said any attempt to sell off routes, aircraft and other assets to a low-cost carrier with separate management and labor contracts would not be tolerated.
We want United to get out of Chapter 11. But ALPA will not agree to put an airline within an airline that would have a separate seniority list, a separate employee list and a separate collective bargaining agreement and then have that possibly be spun off. That''s a recipe for disaster, Captain Paul Whiteford, Chairman of United''s branch of the Air Line Pilots Association, told Reuters.
We want United to get out of Chapter 11. But ALPA will not agree to put an airline within an airline that would have a separate seniority list, a separate employee list and a separate collective bargaining agreement and then have that possibly be spun off. That''s a recipe for disaster, Captain Paul Whiteford, Chairman of United''s branch of the Air Line Pilots Association, told Reuters.